Backend Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks.
The hiring process had the following phases:
- A Google Meet with an engineer from Monzo to know more about me and my background. Some technical questions were asked, mainly related to my background.
- A coding challenge.
- Another Google Meet with an engineer to talk about the solution you developed. You should be prepared to justify the decisions you took while developing your solution and know what could be improved in your solution.
- A 2h on-site interview with engineers from Monzo divided into a technical interview and a system design interview.
The technical interview was the hardest and included questions from computer networks and distributed systems. The questions were not linear, but more to try to solve hypothetical problems, so it's very hard to prepare for an interview like this. I felt like the system design interview was more relaxed. I ended up not getting an offer, but will probably reapply in the future.
Questions
How does the internet work?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Monzo Backend Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Monzo's interview process for their Backend Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Monzo's Backend Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Monzo Work Experiences
- 5.0Best company I've ever worked forBackend Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandJanuary 7, 2020Pros: Great culture, modern tech stack, lots of ownershipCons: There are lots of interesting problems to solve.
- 1.0Completely exhaustingBackend Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandJanuary 16, 2020Pros: Lots of good people, nice culture, potentially lots of interesting things to work onCons: Very product focused environment. If you're not on a product team and not one of the first 20 engineers, you'll struggle to progress Lack of direction from senior management. Other teams can't make up their minds but you'll be forced to chase their whims anyway Back office teams are under resourced and over worked, and do not have time to invest in improving their systems Doesn't do competitive salary reviews
- 4.0Software Engineer - BackendBackend Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandApril 11, 2022Pros: - Very collaborative environment - always new challenges and you get to work on new projects from scratch end-to-end.Cons: - Team structure changes frequently, people leave and new people come all the time, and team members shuffle all the time depending on the project or current work stream.
